Stanleya neritinoides

Stanleya neritinoides is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Paludomidae.^[1]

Stanleya neritinoides
Shell of Stanleya neritinoides (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Paludomidae
Genus:	Stanleya Bourguignat, 1885[2]
Species:	S. neritinoides
Binomial name
Stanleya neritinoides (E. A. Smith, 1880)[3]
Synonyms[3]
Lithoglyphus neritinoides Smith, 1880 Rumella giraudi Bourguignat, 1885(junior synonym) Rumella milneedwardsiana Bourguignat, 1885 (junior synonym) Stanleya giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 (junior synonym) Stanleya smithiana Bourguignat, 1885 (junior synonym)

Stanleya neritinoides is probably the only species in the genus Stanleya.^[4] The genus Stanleya may be closely related to the genus Tanganyicia.^[1]

This species was listed as Endangered in the 2006 IUCN Red List.^[1]

Distribution

This species is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.^[1]

The type locality is Lake Tanganyika.^[3]

Description

The width of the shell is 8.0 millimetres (0.31 in).^[4] The height of the shell is 9.8 millimetres (0.39 in).^[4]